While Braun appears to be more of a day-to-day concern, Ramirez is a long-term concern after he aggravated the same knee that sidelined him for part of spring training. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list Saturday, and he was scheduled to have an MRI exam.

"This time there's more soreness than the last time, but I don't want to get ahead of myself because I don't really know," Ramirez told the newspaper. "The last time it took me two weeks. Hopefully, this time it won't take me as long. It probably happened because I hurt it before in spring training. It wasn't 100 percent yet. But I was able to play with the soreness. Hopefully, it's not as bad."